Metamorpho #7

This 1966 DC gem puts Rex Mason — Metamorpho, the Element Man — squarely in a fiery predicament, as the cover by Sal Trapani and Charles Paris shows him splitting and multiplying through a towering column of flame while a menacing white-skulled figure rides a massive torpedo-like weapon bearing down on him. The tagline "The Fabulous Freak Is Really on the Hot Spot!" perfectly captures the wild, anything-goes energy that made this series such a treat, and the story — "Terror from Fahrenheit 5,000!" — promises the kind of outrageous elemental action only Bob Haney could cook up. For fans of Silver Age DC at its most inventive and visually daring, this one's a real find.